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Colt (?; 110), v. i. To frisk or frolic like a colt; to act licentiously or wantonly. [Obs.]

They shook off their bridles and began to colt. Spenser.

Colt, v. t. 1. To horse; to get with young. Shak.

2. To befool. [Obs.] Shak.

Col"ter (?), n. [AS. culter, fr. L. culter plowshare, knife. Cf. Cutlass.] A knife or cutter, attached to the beam of a plow to cut the sward, in advance of the plowshare and moldboard. [Written also coulter.]

Colt"ish (?), a. Like a colt; wanton; frisky.

He was all coltish, full of ragery. Chaucer.

-- Colt"ish*ly, adv. -- Colt"ish*ness, n.

Colts"foot` (?), n. (Bot.) A perennial herb (Tussilago Farfara), whose leaves and rootstock are sometimes employed in medicine.

Butterbur coltsfoot (Bot.), a European plant (Petasites vulgaris).

Colt's" tooth` (?). See under Colt.

||Col"u*ber (?), n. [L., a serpent.] (Zo÷l.) A genus of harmless serpents.

&fist; LinnŠus placed in this genus all serpents, whether venomous or not, whose scales beneath the tail are arranged in pairs; but by modern writers it is greatly restricted.

Col"u*brine (?), a. [L. colubrinus.] 1. (Zo÷l.) like or related to snakes of the genus Coluber.

2. Like a snake; cunning; crafty. Johnson.

||Co*lu"go (?), n. [Prob. an aboriginal name.] (Zo÷l.) A peculiar East Indian mammal (Galleopithecus volans), having along the sides, connecting the fore and hind limbs, a parachutelike membrane, by means of which it is able to make long leaps, like the flying squirrel; -- called also flying lemur.

Co*lum"ba (?), n. (Med.) See Calumba.

||Co*lum"bŠ (?), n. pl.; [L. columba pigeon.] (Zo÷l.) An order of birds, including the pigeons.

||Col`um*ba"ri*um (?), n.; pl. L. Columbaria (#) [L. See Columbary.] (Rom. Antiq.) (a) A dovecote or pigeon house. (b) A sepulchral chamber with niches for holding cinerary urns.

Col"um*ba*ry (?), n.; pl. Columbaries (#). [L. columbarium, fr. columba a dove.] A dovecote; a pigeon house. Sir T. Browne.

Co*lum"bate (?), n. [Cf. F. colombate. See Columbium.] (Chem.) A salt of columbic acid; a niobate. See Columbium.

Co*lum"batz fly` (?). [From Kolumbatz, a mountain in Germany.] (Zo÷l.) See Buffalo fly, under Buffalo.

||Col`um*bel"la (?), n. [NL., dim. of L. columba a dove. So called from a fancied resemblance in color and form, of some species.] (Zo÷l.) A genus of univalve shells, abundant in tropical seas. Some species, as Columbella mercatoria, were formerly used as shell money.

Co*lum"bi*a (?), n. America; the United States; -- a poetical appellation given in honor of Columbus, the discoverer. Dr. T. Dwight.

Co*lum"bi*ad (?), n. [From Columbia the United States.] (Mil.) A form of seacoast cannon; a long, chambered gun designed for throwing shot or shells with heavy charges of powder, at high angles of elevation.

&fist; Since the War of 1812 the Columbiad has been much modified, especially by General Rodman, and the improved form now used in seacoast defense is often called the Rodman gun.

Co*lum"bi*an (?), a. [From Columbia.] Of or pertaining to the United States, or to America.

Co*lum"bic (?), a. [From Columbium.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or containing, columbium or niobium; niobic.